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He had a squared-off black beard and wore a headdress of feathers and beetle carapaces that gave him an imposing and magisterial presence.Er hatte einen eckig geschnittenen schwarzen Bart und trug einen Kopfschmuck aus Federn und Käferpanzern, mit dem er beeindruckend und gebieterisch wirkte.Anderson, Kevin / Hidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin / Das ImperiumDas ImperiumAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire Inc.© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KGHidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin© 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
However, the hot, dry summers and mild winters of British Columbia have contributed to the proliferation of these insects, resulting in a pine beetle epidemic.Die warmen, trockenen Sommer und die milden Winter der Provinz British Columbia haben jedoch zur starken Vermehrung dieser Insekten beigetragen, die in eine Bergkiefernkäferepidemie ausartete.
Apparently the only contribution Fiver could make was this beetle-spirited vaporing.Augenscheinlich war der einzige Beitrag Fivers sein einem Käfergeist entsprungenes Hirngespinst.Adams, Richard / Watership DownAdams, Richard / Watership DownWatership DownAdams, Richard© 2000 für die deutsche Ausgabe by Econ Ullstein List Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München© 1975 by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.Watership DownAdams, Richard© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.© 2000 by Richard George Adams
On some of the shelves the books were propping up glass display cases of beetles pinned to cardboard, which only made Meggie dislike Elinor all the more.Auf einigen Borden stützten die Bücher gläserne Schaukästen mit aufgespießten Käfern, was Elinor in Meggies Augen nur noch unsympathischer machte.Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / TintenherzTintenherzFunke, Cornelia© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003InkheartFunke, Cornelia© 2003 by Dressler Verlag© 2003 by The Chicken House
Everywhere they came upon beetles, spiders and small lizards which scurried away as they pushed through the fibrous, resistant heather.Überall stießen sie auf Käfer, Spinnen und kleine Eidechsen, die eiligst davonhuschten, wenn sie durch das storre, widerstandsfähige Heidekraut stießen.Adams, Richard / Watership DownAdams, Richard / Watership DownWatership DownAdams, Richard© 2000 für die deutsche Ausgabe by Econ Ullstein List Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München© 1975 by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.Watership DownAdams, Richard© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.© 2000 by Richard George Adams
Some of the beetles that he caught gave off foully stinking secretions while he was trying to work with them, and the rats, probably out of fear, would shit in the olfactorily sensitive pomades.Einige Käfer, die er fing, produzierten, während er sie verarbeiten wollte, eklig stinkende Sekrete, und Ratten, wohl aus Angst, schissen ihm in seine olfaktorisch hochempfindlichen Pomaden.Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererSüskind, Patrick / Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersDas Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersSüskind, Patrick© 1985 Diogenes Verlag AG ZürichPerfume. The story of a murdererSuskind, Patrick© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
Witchetty grubs — the larvae of ghost moths — and beetles.Witchettty grubs, Larven von Motten und Käfern.Nooteboom, Cees / Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees / Paradies verlorenParadies verlorenNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 2004© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2005Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees© Cees Nooteboom 2004© Susan Massotty 2007
"I've had a pain in my belly all day as if there were stag beetles in it.»Den ganzen Tag schon kneift es in meinem Leib, als säßen Hirschkäfer darin.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
Anna said, «There are little NASA robot dung beetles that come out at night and roll away their droppings."Die NASA schickt jede Nacht robotische Mistkäfer vorbei, die den Kot abtransportieren.Baxter, Stephen / TimeBaxter, Stephen / ZeitZeitBaxter, Stephen© 1999 by Stephen Baxter© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenTimeBaxter, Stephen© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
But the beetles died in the frost and my heart is dark; And I shall never choose a mate again.Aber die Käfer starben im Frost, und mein Herz ist trübe, Und ich werde nie wieder einen Gefährten wählen.Adams, Richard / Watership DownAdams, Richard / Watership DownWatership DownAdams, Richard© 2000 für die deutsche Ausgabe by Econ Ullstein List Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München© 1975 by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.Watership DownAdams, Richard© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.© 2000 by Richard George Adams
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Collocations
bark beetle
Borkenkäfer
deathwatch beetle
Totenuhr
carrion beetle
Aaskäfer
banana mealy beetle
Bananenmehlkäfer
bee beetle
Bienenwolf
blister beetle
Blasenkäfer
leaf beetle
Blattkäfer
long-horned beetle
Bockkäfer
biscuit beetle
Brotkäfer
checkered beetle
Buntkäfer
Colorado potato beetle
Colorado-Kartoffelkäfer
false darkling beetle
Düsterkäfer
minute fungus beetle
Faulholzkäfer
bark-gnawing beetle
Flachkäfer
deathwatch beetle
Gescheckter Pochkäfer
Word forms
beetle
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | beetled |
| Imperative | beetle |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | beetling |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | beetled |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I beetle | we beetle |
| you beetle | you beetle |
| he/she/it beetles | they beetle |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am beetling | we are beetling |
| you are beetling | you are beetling |
| he/she/it is beetling | they are beetling |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have beetled | we have beetled |
| you have beetled | you have beetled |
| he/she/it has beetled | they have beetled |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been beetling | we have been beetling |
| you have been beetling | you have been beetling |
| he/she/it has been beetling | they have been beetling |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I beetled | we beetled |
| you beetled | you beetled |
| he/she/it beetled | they beetled |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was beetling | we were beetling |
| you were beetling | you were beetling |
| he/she/it was beetling | they were beetling |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had beetled | we had beetled |
| you had beetled | you had beetled |
| he/she/it had beetled | they had beetled |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been beetling | we had been beetling |
| you had been beetling | you had been beetling |
| he/she/it had been beetling | they had been beetling |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will beetle | we shall/will beetle |
| you will beetle | you will beetle |
| he/she/it will beetle | they will beetle |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be beetling | we shall/will be beetling |
| you will be beetling | you will be beetling |
| he/she/it will be beetling | they will be beetling |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have beetled | we shall/will have beetled |
| you will have beetled | you will have beetled |
| he/she/it will have beetled | they will have beetled |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been beetling | we shall/will have been beetling |
| you will have been beetling | you will have been beetling |
| he/she/it will have been beetling | they will have been beetling |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would beetle | we should/would beetle |
| you would beetle | you would beetle |
| he/she/it would beetle | they would beetle |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be beetling | we should/would be beetling |
| you would be beetling | you would be beetling |
| he/she/it would be beetling | they would be beetling |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have beetled | we should/would have beetled |
| you would have beetled | you would have beetled |
| he/she/it would have beetled | they would have beetled |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been beetling | we should/would have been beetling |
| you would have been beetling | you would have been beetling |
| he/she/it would have been beetling | they would have been beetling |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am beetled | we are beetled |
| you are beetled | you are beetled |
| he/she/it is beetled | they are beetled |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being beetled | we are being beetled |
| you are being beetled | you are being beetled |
| he/she/it is being beetled | they are being beetled |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been beetled | we have been beetled |
| you have been beetled | you have been beetled |
| he/she/it has been beetled | they have been beetled |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was beetled | we were beetled |
| you were beetled | you were beetled |
| he/she/it was beetled | they were beetled |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being beetled | we were being beetled |
| you were being beetled | you were being beetled |
| he/she/it was being beetled | they were being beetled |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been beetled | we had been beetled |
| you had been beetled | you had been beetled |
| he/she/it had been beetled | they had been beetled |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be beetled | we shall/will be beetled |
| you will be beetled | you will be beetled |
| he/she/it will be beetled | they will be beetled |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been beetled | we shall/will have been beetled |
| you will have been beetled | you will have been beetled |
| he/she/it will have been beetled | they will have been beetled |
beetle
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | beetle | beetles |
| Possessive case | beetle's | beetles' |